Amazon Alexa is coming to Windows 10 PCs

Amazon’s Alexa computerized partner is apparently wherever nowadays, and now it’s landing on Windows 10 PCs to challenge Microsoft’s worked in Cortana right hand. HP, Lenovo, Asus, and Acer all intend to coordinate Alexa into a scope of Windows 10 workstations and work areas being discharged for the current year. It’s the following coherent advance that will see Alexa show up on a large number of machines.

The mix requires a unique Alexa application for Windows that will be accessible in the spring, and most PC creators give off an impression of being incorporating Alexa on gadgets that are equipped for far-field voice acknowledgment to guarantee there’s a decent ordeal for the aide. HP is conveying Alexa to its Pavillion Wave PC, a smooth work area PC that looks more like a speaker than a PC. Lenovo is likewise conveying Alexa to PCs, and we’ll have more subtle elements to share on those soon.

This separate integration is different to the partnership that Microsoft and Amazon announced last year. Both companies promised to integrate Alexa and Cortana together by the end of 2017, but they both missed the cross-platform integration target date. Amazon is now pushing ahead with this separate app, which includes a basic way to access the type of information you’d find in the online Alexa web interface or mobile apps. The app will also listen for the Alexa wake word, or you can use a keyboard shortcut to trigger the assistant.

Amazon and its PC maker partners are unveiling this new partnership at CES this week, a fitting venue for such an announcement. Google is at the show in a big way this year, with lots of “Hey, Google” signage around the Las Vegas convention center. 2018 looks to be another year of intense competition between the Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, and now Cortana has competition on the Windows side thanks to Alexa.